Houston — It’s always the cover-up, never the crime.
That’s as true for football coaches as it is for politicians.
And it was true enough after the Lions’ 20-13 loss to the Texans on Sunday, even if head coach Jim Caldwell was being perfectly honest in his postgame assessment.
It wasn’t the questionable decision to try an onside kick that cost his team the game. It was that the Lions' coaches felt they needed to do it, really. And the fact that they probably did, as misguided as it seems.
Bad defenses make coaches do dumb things.